If your post is accurately recording the error, the package appears to have a broken dependency (libascound2 should probably be libasound2). You might be able to fix the package manually with this procedure -- it involves extracting the .deb package contents, correcting the broken dependency, and rebuilding a corrected package.

A final option would be to try forcing the installation anyways. Make sure you have the required libraries installed, and use one of these to force the installation:

I think it should be noted that it seems the required dependencies are no longer available for Hardy Heron (8.04). Rather, they exist, but the updated versions requested do not work with Hardy. I found that an older version of Skype will work just fine.